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Graphic Spiny Lizard

Sceloporus grammicus Wiegmann 1828

body length

Mesquita et al, 2015

48.5 mm

(female, adult, mean)

clutch/brood/litter size

Mesquita et al, 2015

5.2

(mean)

habitat

Mesquita et al, 2015
tropical
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204

Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl

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Mesquita et al, 2015
arboreal habitat
URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000571

Definition: A habitat in or on trees.

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litters per year

Mesquita et al, 2015

1

reproduction

Mesquita et al, 2015
viviparous
URI: http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/Viviparous

Definition: 1) Producing live offspring from within the body of the parent (Lincoln et al., 1998). 2) Development of an embryo within the body of the parent, in part, resources passing directly from parent to embryo (Barnes et al., 2006).

Attribution: Lincoln, R., Boxshall, G. & Clark, P., 1998. A dictionary of ecology, evolution and systematics (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University of Press. Barnes R.S.K., Calow P., Olive P.J.W., Golding, D.W, and Spicer, J.I. 2006. The invertebrates: a new synthesis, Oxford: Blackwell Science Ltd. http://www.marinespecies.org/traits/wiki/Traits:Viviparous

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trophic guild

Mesquita et al, 2015
ambush predator
URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/ambush

Definition: organisms that capture or trap prey by stealth or by strategy (typically not conscious strategy), rather than by speed or by strength.

Comment: synonym: sit-and-wait predator

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